People’s Assembly Against Austerity 22 June 2013

People’s Assembly Against Austerity

Launched with a letter in today’s Guardian, 55 trade union general secretaries, MPs, campaigners, and cultural figures have put out a call for a People’s Assembly Against Austerity.

The assembly aims to “play a key role in ensuring that this uncaring government faces a movement of opposition broad enough and powerful enough to generate successful co-ordinated action, including strike action.” See the full text of the letter here.

Contact any people who might support the Assembly and send them a copy of the motion asking them to try and pass it in their union branch or organisation.

Make sure someone from your group/area attends the Coalition of Resistance National Council meeting this Sunday 10 February, 12-4pm, Unite offices, Theobald’s Rd, London WC1. Contact office@coalitionofresistance.org.uk for more information.

In a call of less than 200 words and not a squeak about Milliband’s support for austerity, we get “renewed attack by the government” – “with the government lengthening the time they expect cuts to last” – “trade unionists in a movement for social justice” – “strategy for resistance to mobilise millions of people against the ConDem government” and, last but not least, “this uncaring government”.

I’ve had plenty of stuff like this thrown at me since I first supported Labour in 1945, so please excuse me if I think a better title would be: